Hudson Yards is the city’s massive monument to private accumulation, and the ultimate example of real estate-driven urban planning
The developers of Hudson Yards, a multi-towered mega-project sprouting upward from the far west side of Manhattan, would like us to believe that its phase-one opening on Friday will be a milestone in New York City history. Many supportive city planners would agree. Perhaps they are right, but not for reasons worth celebrating.
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